Many founders reach the stage of a sale with a limited understanding of the journey they’re embarking on. Ally Allington, partner in the Truro office of Bishop Fleming, shares her extensive knowledge on the process, and describes what business owners should consider when deciding on the right exit for them.

In early 2023, TouchByte was acquired by SALTO Systems.

While an acquisition is deemed an optimum exit strategy for many start-up founders, how many founders have a strong understanding of the processes behind the exit? Certainly not the majority…

Growing your own talent. What does it really mean?

To us, it’s about passing the baton, and not just in a performative way.

It’s about striving to create genuine and authentic opportunities for the next generation of ‘us’; be it graphic designers, wordsmiths, software engineers or CEO’s.

Welcome aboard, Ollie.

TouchByte’s latest recruit, Ollie, bridges the gap between the tech and the people.

He’s our Junior Software Developer.

This means he’s a zen balance of talking tech, and schmoozing at trade shows.

He walks the walk, and talks the talk, too.

Everything is changing for the TouchByte crew.

TouchByte has recently been acquired by global player, Salto Systems.

What does this mean? Things are evolving. Rapidly.

The latest transition is where we’re based.

SALTO Systems, a global market leader in keyless electronic access control solutions, confirms its commitment to secure seamless face recognition access control with its acquisition of UK technology innovator TouchByte.

Biometrics used to be a dream of the past, but it's now firmly a tool of the present. Continuous innovations since the 1960s, from Bledsoe’s RAND Tablet technology in the 1970s to using linear algebra in the 1980s and the FERET Programme in the 1990s, have led to the development of access control that allows users to unlock a space or feature solely using biometrics.

At the end of June, I attended a talk led by an award-winning futurist, Anne-Lise Kjaer.

Anne-Lise spoke humbly, without any grandiose, to a room full of Cornish business owners and entrepreneurs, all keen to understand the environment of the future. I’d buckled myself in for a couple of hours of discourse about electric cars, Elon Musk and bitcoin. I was wrong.

We’ve had the pleasure of welcoming Opal onto the TouchByte team for her work experience week.

Opal couldn’t choose between spending her time with the legendary code monkey, Harrison, our lead software developer, or me. The voice behind TouchByte, Ellen.

Code monkey or word monkey. Tough choice.

TouchByte are all about access control. Granting access to spaces, using your face. But what happens once you’re inside the building? The story doesn’t end there.

Facial recognition has a plethora of innovative uses, and it isn’t just about access control for us.

TouchByte provides a simple solution to gym owners nationwide: Facial recognition. You may be wondering how this benefits gyms and helps owners secure brand loyalty. Consider this your easy guide.

Meet FaceOS, the simple way to manage your faces, in one space.

Face recognition makes our lives easier; especially when it comes to access control.

Using the FaceOS dashboard, manage who has access to your space, when, and for how long for.

You can even unlock vital business insights to learn more about your customers, peak times, and how to enhance customer experience.

How can face recognition optimise your gym? Gyms are a sector that are often ahead of the curve when it comes to access control. It isn’t uncommon for modern gyms to use fingerprint recognition to recognise their members, or to grant them access to specific spaces within a health club. 

Despite this, gyms are quickly learning that fingerprint recognition brings with it some serious health and safety concerns, specifically within a post-covid world.

My week at TouchByte was diverse, interesting and informative. I gained an incredible insight into the world of journalism and I also had extensive support by all those that work here, especially Ellen O’Rourke who organised a very useful week for me that I got lots out of.

Does facial recognition tech help or hinder? Learn how TouchByte uses facial recognition to support you, your business and society.

Doing it for real. Joseph Broughton, who’s studying at Truro College, joins TouchByte for a week of work experience.

We sat down with Joseph at the end of his week to find out more about his experiences. What did he learn?

TouchByte partnered with Midas in 2021 to develop their knowledge of the construction sector, and to install their face recognition access control system, Facentry.


Construction sites faced a great deal of challenges during the COVID19 pandemic, but they are also bound by government legislation to ensure health and safety compliance.

The TouchByte team sit down with Diane Benden, Head of Operations for Advance Housing & Support, South & South West.

The team at Advance provide supported living facilities for those with a learning disability and mental health support needs. Diane and her team strongly believe in empowering and giving back autonomy to those who require additional support with day-to-day tasks. Advance have collaborated with TouchByte in implementing their face authentication product, Facentry, which provides safe, secure and convenient access control.

TouchByte are delighted to announce another partnership with another sector, aerospace. The TouchByte team worked alongside new partners, Goonhilly Earth Station, to test the technology in a high-security setting.

What is facial recognition access control?

Facial recognition access control is a method of unlocking a space, with your face.

It can be used in a variety of different sectors and settings.

It works through the use of biometric technology. An image is taken of a user, which is converted irreversibly to a series of numbers; measurements between the eyes, nose, and face shape.

This information is then used to either grant or deny access to a particular space.

This method of access control is incredibly secure, and with updated algorithms, even works while a user is wearing PPE, such as a face mask.